A team of archaeologists from the Bulgarian National Archaeological Institute at BAS and the head of Nessebar Museum have announced the find of more than 30 amphorae in the cellar of a fifth-century BC merchant’s house in the town of Nessebar, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

The vessels were used for the delivery of wine from the Greek islands, explained the professor leading the archaeological team. According to experts, the supplies most likely came from the islands of Thassos, Chios, Lesbos and Samos.

The excavations, which started as a private project back in 2006-2007, are now being financed by the Ministry of Culture and the Old Nessebar museum.

According to the archaeologists, it is very rare to find so many amphorae in one place and so very well preserved. These are evidence of the active overseas trade in the middle of the fifth century BC when Nessebar was a blooming Greek colony.

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